Astonishing digital scan of Titanic reveals wreck as never seen before

The passenger liner sank into the Atlantic during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, with about 1,500 people dying in the disaster. The first-ever full-sized digital replica of the Titanic has been created - and experts say it could be used to unlock secrets of the world's most famous shipwreck. Scientists have created what they have labelled a "digital twin" of the passenger liner, which sank into the Atlantic in 1912 after hitting an iceberg while on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. About 1,500 people died in the sinking - which remains one of the biggest shipping disasters in world history. The digital twin of the shipwreck was created using deep-sea mapping of the real Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic. It is so detailed that even the serial number on the blade of one of the ship's propellers can be made out in the 3D images. And experts believe the digital replica could be used by scientists to work out new details about how the passenger liner sank.